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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the women appalled at Gilda in Chapter 7?
(a) Gilda does not know how to read.
(b) Gilda has given the baby a black name.
(c) Gilda has left the baby in the care of blacks.
(d) Gilda refuses to bathe the baby.

2. What country is Claude Lewis from?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) Scotland.

3. What does Gilda think about the job offer?
(a) It is suspicious.
(b) It is bogus.
(c) It is generous.
(d) It is tenuous.

4. What does Farrell give Jimmie after he helps Farrell find Harry Edwards?
(a) A small portion of a reward.
(b) A recommendation.
(c) A case of chewing tobacco.
(d) A beating.

5. Who does Gilda fear and hate?
(a) Tabidgi Jackie Smolders.
(b) Jimmie.
(c) Mort.
(d) Mr.Newby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jimmie shortly after running into Wongee Tom?

2. Why does Mr.Newby say he has stopped giving Jimmie and Gilda advances on groceries?

3. What year is it at the beginning of the novel?

4. What does the kitchen maid, Gilda, look like?

5. What year do Jimmie and Mort return to Brentwood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Farrell satisfied with Jimmie?

2. Why doesn't Jimmie tell Farrell what he knew about Harry Edwards?

3. Why was Healy unhappy with the fence Jimmie built?

4. Why is Mr. Newby angry at Jimmie and what does he do about it?

5. Why does Jimmie leave home after only staying there for two days?

6. In Jimmie's case, what does it mean to be a "half-breed?"

7. How was Jimmie punished for Healy's dissatisfaction with the fence?

8. Toward the end of Chapter 2, what has Jimmie decided is the key to bettering his life?

9. Describe the place and time that the novel is set in.

10. What sort of work do Jimmie and Mort do?

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